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"Axinite- (Mg) is a borosilicate of aluminum, calcium and magnesium of the axinite group, with magnesium as the dominant cation in the place of the structure that can also be occupied by iron and manganese. It was discovered in gem material from Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Manyara region (Tanzania), which is consequently its type locality. It was initially called magnesioaxinite, referring to its membership in the axinite group and the role of magnesium as the dominant cation. The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) later changed its name to axinite- (Mg). Occasionally it has been carved as a collection gem. Physical and chemical properties Like the rest of the minerals in the axinite group, axinite- (Mg) belongs to the triclinic system, appearing in the form of crystals with the characteristic ax morphology of ax. Its structure can be described as a sequence of alternating layers of cations coordinated tetrahedrally and octahedrally. Deposits The axinite group minerals are found in medium-to-low contact metamorphism, regional or metasomatic environments, in boron-containing environments. Axinite- (Mg) appears more frequently in areas of contact metamorphism. It is a relatively rare mineral, known in about a dozen locations in the world. In addition to the type locality, already indicated, in which specimens with transparent crystals of various colors, up to 3 cm in size, have been found in the area of Lunning, Mineral Co., Nevada (USA), as violet brown crystals. In Spain, axinite- (Mg) associated with crystalline calcite has been found in the diabase of a quarry located in El Zurcido, Adamuz (Córdoba) . References Category:Minerals Category:Silicate minerals Category:Gemstones "
"Brian Lobel is an artist and scholar based in the United Kingdom. He is a professor of Theatre and Performance at Rose Bruford College, and a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His work has been featured at the Sydney Opera House, National Theatre, and Harvard Medical School. He is known for his Live Art practice based in 'candid, personal interactions', and his work dealing with themes, issues and experiences around cancer. Artist Brian Lobel Life and Education Lobel is originally from upstate New York and currently resides in London. He studied with Holly Hughes at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and received his PhD in drama from Queen Mary University London. In 2017 Lobel appeared on the British reality show Come Dine With Me, ultimately winning the competition. Career Lobel served as an Engagement Fellow for the Wellcome Trust (2014-2016), and in that role co-founded The Sick of the Fringe with Tracy Gentles. The Sick of the Fringe ‘supports artists and theatre-makers to get outside their comfort zones, to explore new and different ways of thinking and working’. It looks to bring attention to was founded in order to ‘connect art, health and social change’ and ‘challenge and fight inequality, inaccessibility, elitism and mediocrity in the arts.’ Lobel was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2001 at the age of 20 while studying political science at the University of Michigan. His work often ‘draws on his own experience of cancer treatment’, and is concerned with 'bodies and body politics'. Lobel has described solo performance as 'the perfect metaphor for being sick', since it requires one body 'on stage, isolated and vulnerable', and his performances often intervene 'into the way bodies are culturally stigmatised and marginalised.' In 2019 Lobel published Theatre & Cancer, a text aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre, performance and disability studies, that challenges conventional perspectives on cancer narratives in theatre by highlighting key works to reconsider 'cancer performance' beyond sentimentality and survivorship. = Ball and Other Funny Stories about Cancer (2011) = BALL & Other Funny Stories About Cancer is one-person show that brings together works Lobel wrote about his experience with cancer between 2001 and 2011. Lobel refers to the work as a 'cancer comedy', and the work addresses the 'grim subject' of his cancer diagnosis and treatment with a 'light, joyful narrative style.' It has been performed at the Harvard Medical School, NY Academy of Medicine, Cape Town Live Art Festival, Seymour Centre Sydney, Performing Medicine, Contact Manchester, Colchester Arts Centre, Decibel Festival, Camden People's Theatre, and many more. The work is often cited for its warmth and humour in dealing with cancer, with one academic noting that it 'takes the cancer story and gives it a refreshingly new perspective through [Lobel's] unique literary voice and charming embodiment.‘ = Purge (2011-ongoing) = Purge is an interactive performance lecture that 'examines how we emotionally and socially interact with digital media'. Developed with support from Arts Council England, the show explores the process of, and fallout from, Purge, a performance action 'in which strangers voted to keep or delete each of [Lobel's] Facebook friends.' In the work, Lobel invites 'audiences to become co-creators' of the work, and highlights how we make choices about relationships.:91 Scholar Bree Hadley has argued that the work's 'spectatorial performances become exemplars for public scrutiny'.:91 = Fun With Cancer Patients (2013) = Lobel’s work Fun With Cancer Patients (2013) ‘documents 10 areas of cancer treatment including food intake and appetite, the relationship between the starer and the person being looked at, the questions that cancer patients are always asked, and the sounds associated with treatment.’ = A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer (2016) = In 2016 Lobel co-wrote the book for the musical A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer (2016) with Byrony Kimmings. The musical, with a score by Tom Parkinson, premiered at the National Theatre in London. = You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive Me (2014-ongoing) = Lobel has also created work around the television series Sex and the City, and is a ‘self-proclaimed Sex and the City therapist’ His interactive performance work, You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive Me requires participants to 'fill in a 94-question questionnaire which asks you to examine your life and relationships through the prism of Sex and the City and Carrie Bradshaw. Lobel then selects an episode from the complete box set of Sex and the City that he thinks will most help you, and you watch it together.' Participants watch the episode in bed with Lobel (either in person, or via skype). Lobel is usually ‘pajama clad’, and encourages participants to also wear pajamas. References Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:University of Michigan alumni "
"Babajide Olatunji (born October 8, 1989) is a self-taught contemporary, expressionist Nigerian artist. He is mostly known for his Tribal Mark Series, which are a hyperrealistic series of portraits with facially scarified characters. His works are often markers of Yoruba cultural significance and socio-cultural discourse. He specializes in hyperrealism and Trompe L'oeil art forms. He has been exhibited in the UK, USA, UAE and Hong Kong. His works have also been acquired privately by collectors such as the Mott-Warsh Collection in Michigan. In 2017, Babajide Olatunji was one of the youngest artists that participated in the Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition in London, UK. His works exhibit a deep commitment toward Yoruba history, and culture, which he researches extensively alongside other concepts of significant cultural relevance. He lives and works in Nigeria. Early life and background Babajide Olatunji hails from Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria and was born in Port Harcourt in 1989 to Samuel Adeyemi Olatunji; a civil servant father, and Florence Omolola Olatunji; a petty-trading mother. He is the last child of a family of six. Babajide's artistic pursuit was Inspired by his older brother, Olumide Olatunji, who introduced him to art and mentored him over a contiguous ten-year period which abruptly ended when Olumide died in 2005 due to sickle- cell disease. During this period, Babajide would try and copy Olumide's own drawings which he perfected over time. Olumide also introduced him to literature, which contributed to his perspective about art. At age four, Babajide would draw and paint on mediums from his immediate environment such as books, tables, and even sand. This became a habit overtime which came with the cost of hiding some of his drawings from his teachers who took strong exceptions to him ‘defacing’ the tables in the classroom. He had a notebook of stick-figure drawings which was confiscated by a teacher and was never returned. However, teachers would enlist his help with textbook illustrations on the chalkboard. He lost his father, the family's sole breadwinner in 2010. This marked a significant period in his life, where he had to cater to the well-being of his family asides himself. He had initially abandoned art to focus on his books, however, he had to start taking commissioned works for sustenance. He did portraits of people, their parents, colleagues and loved ones to earn his means for survival. He made portraits of celebrities like Ramsey Noah and Aṣa which earned him some recognition on campus. These series of events contributed to making art the central pursuit of his professional endeavor. Education Babajide Olatunji attended Oyemekun High School, Akure, Ondo State. In 2012, He graduated with a degree in botany from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Career Babajide Olatunji's career was ignited by the death of his father and the need for sustenance as the bread winner of the family, which sharpened his focus to explore art professionally while he was a student at Obafemi Awolowo University. Olatunji's career officially took off in 2014, when Victor Ehikhamenor introduced him to Ayo Adeyinka of Tafeta Art Gallery, who he connected to on Facebook in 2013. Adeyinka also became his agent and their initial conversations would lead to the creation of his first project, “Tribal Mark Series”. The series explored ‘’The ancient method of facial scarification for identification and classification by caste within and among Nigerian ethnic groups’’.(https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/photorealistic-paintings- babajide-olatunji/ In the project, Babajide re-imagines the concept on fictional characters as a means of exploring identity in the context of contemporary society. Babajide Olatunji's "Tribal Mark Series I" was exhibited at the TAFETA Gallery, London in 2014 as his introduction to the global art community. His works have earned considerable recognition and has been added to private collections. Babajide Olatunji's partnership with TAFETA Art Gallery led to the production of 4 major body of works between 2014 and 2019 which he continues to develop and produce. Artistic style Babajide Olatunji works within but, not limited to hyperrealism and Trompe L'oeil art styles. He cites that the core of his pursuit for mastery is an understanding of the relationship between light and shadow, with reference to artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Rign and Jan Vermeer, who are great masters of light. Babajide Olatunji describes his art style as borne of either a thought, random feelings, random places, soliloquy, conversations, a figment of imagination or any idea that requires urgent attention or “a bright flash annoying strobe that refuses to leave his mind until something is done about it”. He mostly adopts the artistic style of storytelling through art to attract and retain attention that inspires conversations. This is reflected in his collection of works, where, he used graphite on paper and coal on paper, before changing to charcoal and pastels. His creative process starts with a story, created before he draws the desired morphological features, after a detailed study of concepts to produce distinct figures. He feeds his creativity through extensive periods of research, solitude and long walks. The rendering process of his existing collection of works, which may take days or years, to complete, starts with creative imaginings of the subject of the painting, defining characteristic features, skin-type and where necessary imagining a medical history as employed during the development of the "Tribal Mark Series", after which he initiates the production process. He is mostly spotted with an afro, shirt and shorts while often dancing to his favorite genres of music such as Jazz, while working. He currently works with oil pastels and acrylic, a combination that was seen as nearly impossible in the creation of photo-realism. Notable works = Tribal Mark Series I–IV (2014–present) = The Tribal Mark series is Babajide's maiden professional project initiated by his partnership with TAFETA Art Gallery in 2013. The project is a collection of portraits with the cultural practice of facial scarification, created without seaters as muses, initial contact or original photographs of the individuals. This approach to the project helped him to understand the underlying mechanisms of the face and its interactions with other parts of the body. The facial scarification in this collection of works depicted as Tribal marks, is attributed to the people of cultures across African countries, most especially the Yoruba people in Nigeria. He was fascinated by how specific people with tribal marks were identified during the slave trade era, in correlation to people across other cultures of the world. The project introduced an exploration to a 200-year old practice of identification and beautification through tribal marks (called “Ila”) by people of Yoruba culture during the era of slave trade. He explored the portraits as a medium of expressing the uniqueness of identity as art by embodying the personality, character experiences and stories hidden behind the faces in the portraits. He created a mini series within the project themed Twins (Diptych) which was selected to be showcased at the Royal Academy of Art’s summer exhibition. The Twins (Diptych) exhibition ran from 13th June – 20th August at the Burlington House in London. This maiden project was well received by the art community both locally and internationally and has been exhibited across the world.http://www.tink-africa.com/stpries/these- incredible-artworks-are-drawings-not-photographs The project has created memorable experiences for the artist, such as seeing a lady that resembled a portrait he had painted during the series without any prior meeting. The project is host to about 70 portraits created till date. = The Book of Proverbs (2015–resent) = The Book of Proverbs is a project that illustrates Yoruba proverbs Babajide learnt while growing up. The project was inspired by the nostalgic experiences of his childhood interactions with his parents and their utterances of proverbs to communicate intentions that weren't easily articulated but, were applicable to a wide variance of conditions. He ventured into this project to test the relevance and dynamism of the interpretation of these proverbs represented within the contemporary society. His exploration of this project brought him in contact with timeless principles that define human interactions and their interactions with their environment. One of these is titled The Martyrdom of Reason after the Yoruba proverb "Orí bíbé kó ni oògùn orí fifó," which translates to " you cannot cure a headache by decapitation ".“The Martyrdom of Reason” piece is a reaction and contribution to the preservation of proverbs that currently hold more relevance to the world's situation than ever before. = The History of the Yorubas (2018–present) = The History of the Yorubas explores cultural representation and storytelling of the identity of the Yorubas and their trails in the historical journey of global development. The History of The Yorubas (Volume I): Obatala's Time at the Forge of Sokoti (Alagbede Orun) (2018) This is Babajide Olatunji’s premier largest work and his first with acrylic on canvas, which spans more than 4 meters in length, titled “The History of the Yorubas (Volume I): Obatala's time at the forge of Sokoti”. It is a piece for the Art Central, Hong Kong. It details Obàtálá’s time at the forge of Sokoti (Alagbede Orun). This is a Yoruba creation myth in which Obàtálá, a member of Olodumare's council of gods, thought it wise to create mankind. Upon receiving Olodumare's blessing, Obàtálá asked Orunmila, for advice concerning what he was about starting. He activates this myth by depicting an imaginary scene where Obàtálá visits the forge of Sokotí to inspect the long and strong gold chain to reach Òde Ayé (earth) from Ìsálú Òrun (the abode of the gods). The painting is encoded with hidden proverbs and meanings, including triangular compositions which reflect Yoruba belief in the significance of the number three. The History of the Yorubas (Volume II): Efunsetan Aniwura: Iyalode of Ibadan (2019) A 250cm by 300 cm acrylic on primed linen canvas illustrating the socio-economic position of Iyalode Efunsetan Aniwura, a significantly influential figure of Ibadan's cultural ecosystem of the 19th century. The painting illustrates a visit to trade inventories of war with Efunsetan who was a respected merchant and political icon of her time. The piece bears cryptic Youruba messages highlighted by cultural elements within it that provide insight into the personalities within the painting, the nature of the meeting and the relationship between the elements in the piece. The composition of the piece is set in a simple linear perspective and employs the golden ratio in its pattern of illustrating the position and sizes of the characters to reflect their relevance in the painting. The piece was exhibited at the UK's Contemporary African Art Fair at the Somerset House in London, as part of UK Black History Month celebrations. = Aroko (2019) = Aroko is a series of pieces exploring the ancient practice of sending cryptic messages through simple everyday objects, with the messenger unaware of the intention conveyed by the items exchanged between the sender and the receiver. The central theme was inspired from his study of a book that described ancient cultures and their methods of communication. Objects like stones, gunpowder, honey, leaves and fish were some of the items used for this ancient practice, this series brings these elements to life and illustrates some direct aroko messages. Exhibitions Babajide was signed by UK Art Gallery TAFETAhttps://www.tafeta.com/artist/bio/38/Babajide+Olatunji/ * 2018 The Contemporary African Art Fair, Dallas. * 2018 Tribal Markings, TAFETA Project Space, Lagos * 2017 Art X Lagos * 2017 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair, Somerset House, London * 2017 Royal Academy Summer Show, London UKhttps://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/exhibition-catalogue/ra-sec- vol249-2017?q=Babajide+olatunji+ * 2017 Scope Basel, Basel Switzerland * 2017 1:54 New York, Brooklyn, New York * 2017 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, SA * 2017 Exhibition at the Mott-Warsh Collection, Michigan, USA * 2016 Central Saint Martins Post Graduate Art Exhibition/Auction * 2016 ArtX, Lagos (with Bloom Arts) * 2016 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair, Somerset House, London * 2016 African Art: The Market Now, JP Morgan, Canary Wharf, London * 2016 Enwonwu & Olatunji, TAFETA, London * 2016 Opening Exhibition, MW Gallery, Flint Michigan * 2016 1:54 New York, Brooklyn, New York * 2015 Babajide Olatunji The Book of Proverbs, Art Clip Africa TAFETA, Lagos * 2015 Yellow Sun: The New Contemporaries, Lagos * 2015 Central Saint Martins Post Graduate Art Exhibition * 2015 ArtHamptons 2015, Hamptons, New York * 2015 Tribal Marks Series II (selected works), Tafeta, London * 2014 Tribal Marks Series I, Tafeta, London * 2012 Ilesa Poetry Festival Residencies Art Clip Africa Art Residency Program Jan/ Feb 2016 Public collections Mott-Warsh Collection, Michigan, USA References External links * Babajide Olatunji - ArtXLagos https://artxlagos.com/artists/babajide-olatunji-3/ Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian artists "